ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

infraction of usage &c (unconformity) 83; nonprevalence † ; a custom more honored in
the breach than the observance [Hamlet].
V. be unaccustomed &c adj.; leave off a habit, cast off a habit, break off a habit, wean
oneself of a habit, violate a habit, break through a habit, infringe a habit, leave off a
custom, cast off a custom, break off a custom, wean oneself of a custom, violate a
custom, break through a custom, infringe a custom, leave off a usage, cast off a usage,
break off a usage, wean oneself of a usage, violate a usage, break through a usage,
infringe a usage; disuse &c 678; wear off.
Adj. unaccustomed, unused, unwonted, unseasoned, uninured † , unhabituated † , untrained;
new; green &c (unskilled) 699; unhackneyed.
unusual &c (unconformable) 83; nonobservant † ; disused &c 678.
2. Causes of Volition
615. Motive -- N. motive, springs of action, wellsprings of action.
reason, ground, call, principle; by end, by purpose; mainspring, primum mobile [Lat.],
keystone; the why and the wherefore; pro and con, reason why; secret motive, arriere
pensee [Fr.]; intention &c 620.
inducement, consideration; attraction; loadstone; magnet, magnetism, magnetic force;
allectation † , allective † ; temptation, enticement, agacerie † , allurement, witchery;
bewitchment, bewitchery; charm; spell &c 993; fascination, blandishment, cajolery;
seduction, seducement; honeyed words, voice of the tempter, song of the Sirens
forbidden fruit, golden apple.
persuasibility † , persuasibleness † ; attractability † ; impressibility, susceptibility; softness;
persuasiveness, attractiveness; tantalization † .
influence, prompting, dictate, instance; impulse, impulsion; incitement, incitation;
press, instigation; provocation &c (excitation of feeling) 824; inspiration; persuasion,
suasion; encouragement, advocacy; exhortation; advice &c 695; solicitation &c (request)
765; lobbyism; pull [Slang].
incentive, stimulus, spur, fillip, whip, goad, ankus † , rowel, provocative, whet, dram.
bribe, lure; decoy, decoy duck; bait, trail of a red herring; bribery and corruption; sop,
sop for Cerberus.
prompter, tempter; seducer, seductor † ; instigator, firebrand, incendiary; Siren, Circe;
agent provocateur; lobbyist.
V. induce, move; draw, draw on; bring in its train, give an impulse &c n.; to; inspire; put
up to, prompt, call up; attract, beckon.
stimulate &c (excite) 824; spirit up, inspirit; rouse, arouse; animate, incite, foment,
provoke, instigate, set on, actuate; act upon, work upon, operate upon; encourage; pat on
the back, pat on the shoulder, clap on the back, clap on the shoulder.
influence, weigh with, bias, sway, incline, dispose, predispose, turn the scale,
inoculate; lead by the nose; have influence with, have influence over, have influence
upon, exercise influence with, exercise influence over, exercise influence upon; go round,
come round one; turn the head, magnetize; lobby.
persuade; prevail with, prevail upon; overcome, carry; bring round to one's senses,
bring to one's senses; draw over, win over, gain over, come over, talk over; procure,
enlist, engage; invite, court.